Tamale Time!!

It's our family tradition to eat tamales on Christmas Eve, so this year we had our friends over to help. I love having them over and hope we will do it every year!

California

The 1st weekend of Dec. I traveled to Phoenix to meet up with my sister and mom. We all got in the car and drove to Anaheim, CA for the ACN International Training Event. I had fun driving and decided that I would be a great race car driver after my experience in CA! We met the rest of my team in CA on friday (Liz, Lisa, and Jessica). The men on my team had to stay back due to two babies being born and 1 who was just called to the bishopric for our church. ACN came out with some incredible announcements. We now provide DishNetwork and ADT Home Security. The other services we provide are Wireless(all carriers), DirecTV, Local/Long Home Phone, Internet, and VOiP Video Phone. We had a great weekend and got some much needed motivation. I learned that I'm important and my dreams are important. I have full control of my future and the future of my family. If it's going to be, it's up to me!

Road Trip

We took at road trip with Mom and Dad Hall the last Sunday they were here and now I can't remember where it was. I think we were in Oregon somewhere. The kids of course had their moments of fun and moments of great despair. I was super ready to leave them on the side of the mountain at times, due to whining and fighting, but traffic was low so I don't think anyone would of picked them up. ;) The kids did have a blast with their gramps and grandma. They did some shopping and hunting and got totally spoiled. They loved it. I broke down a bit a couple of days before they left. Even though we've been here in Idaho 2 years, I'm still not used to not having family around. I really loved having Martha teach me how to do some baking and having Ken around so Joe would actually talk. I have the best in-laws in the whole world!

1 week down

Well,the kids are on track break right now and we got off to a rough start. Sam and Cheyenne got pretty sick. Cheyenne ended up getting two shots in her bumm. She was not happy about it. Sam had a horrible cough so we didn't do any of the activities that where planned for the week. We did however squeeze in some school work and Abby learned to read 2 books. Joe came home and suggested I start homeschooling and I just looked at him like he was crazy. Maybe if we had a bigger home where I could designate an area, but we don't and I have zero patience so it's a big fat NO! I had a crippling migraine Sat which put a damper in our date night so that was a bummer. Other than that track break has been okay. The kids are all looking forward to the last week when their Gramps and Grandma Hall come to visit. Kenny has a count down paper he made. I hope all the other track breakers are doing well!

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These outfits are too cute!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

Miss Cheyenne

Cheyenne is getting so big and with that comes the drama of being a girl. We have been dealing with mood swings and let me tell you that is flippin hard! Now it's not all bad she sees all the work I do and will help when not asked and I can't tell how wonderful that is. I was so tired one day and after dinner I had to run a quick errand, I came home to the entire kitchen clean. I just started crying and told her how grateful I was for her. She is so great with Sam and loves to give him a bath and get him dressed. She loves fixing her hair and looks so beautiful when she's done. She is great with other children in the neighborhood and is always willing to help out the moms if they need it. I love my baby girl so much!

Doug's 3rd grade city

Dougie Bug had his big project and of course we waited until the very last minute. This time wasn't as dramatic. We had a fun evening of building his project and this time there was no crying involved. The next day we all went to the school to see their creation. It is so impressive seeing all of the buildings kids(parents) have made. I'm so proud of Doug and all of the hard work he is putting into the 3rd grade!

Trip to Utah and Michigan

So I've been way busy with ACN, I took a trip to Utah and Michigan in Sept. In Utah I went to help open up a business and after, we went to Cabella's to have some Ostrich Sandwiches. I went with Nate and Liz and we sat there in Cabella's talking about our goals and Liz and I decided we would love to give our husband's a huge gift card and tell to have fun at the store. Two weeks later we all went to Detroit and had a weekend of personal growth. I had a blast meeting the co-founders and some of the RVP and SVP's (Regional and Senior Vice Presidents). We even got a chance to cross the border to Canada! I had lunch there with my team. I was so blessed to have my whole team with me in Detroit, it was great to get to know them better and listen to all of their dreams.

I love my Dude!

Sam is so much fun! He is now everywhere and into everything!! He can say thankyou, dada, more, and what sounds like Doug or dog. He loves to wrestle with his brothers and daddy. He is a great hugger and gives the best little kisses. Whenever we put music on he starts to do this really cute dance and puts a smile on all of our faces! I tease Joe about having another baby because Sam is darn cute, that usually keeps him off of me for about a week! ;)